The Native American name for Crystal River was Weewahi Iaca. It was abandoned prior to European colonization for unknown reasons. Īround 500 BCE mound-building Native Americans (possibly Deptford culture) built a settlement along the Crystal River, which in the present day is the Crystal River Archaeological State Park. During excavations for the Crystal River Nuclear Plant in 1969, scientists discovered rhinoceros and mastodon bones, as well as the shells of an extremely large armadillo and a large land tortoise.
The west coast of Florida is thought to have extended an additional 50 to 60 miles (80 to 97 km) into the Gulf of Mexico. In the Pleistocene era, the land on which Crystal River is located was vastly different from today. State Road 44 leads east from Crystal River 17 miles (27 km) to Inverness, the Citrus County seat.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Crystal River has a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.7 km 2), of which 6.2 square miles (16.0 km 2) is land and 0.66 square miles (1.7 km 2) 9.35% is water. Routes 19 and 98 pass through the center of the city, leading south 7 miles (11 km) to Homosassa Springs and north 46 miles (74 km) to Chiefland. Kings Bay is fed by a springs system it is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by the Crystal River.Ĭrystal River is located northwest of the center of Citrus County at 28★4′02″N 82☃5′37″W / 28.900670°N 82.593699°W / 28.900670 -82.593699, on the northeast side of Kings Bay and the Crystal River, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. In 2005 there was a movement to dissolve the city which did not succeed, and the city has since grown by annexation. Tourism based on watching and swimming with manatees is the fastest growing contribution to the local economy. Kings Bay can be home to over 400 manatees during the winter when the water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico cools, and is the only place in the United States where people can legally interact with them in their natural conditions without that interaction being viewed as harassment by law enforcement agencies. Because of this discharge amount, the Crystal River Springs group is the second largest springs group in Florida, the first being Wakulla Springs in Wakulla County near Tallahassee. A first-magnitude system discharges 100 cubic feet or more of water per second, which equals about 64 million gallons of water per day. A cluster of 50 springs designated as a first-magnitude system feeds Kings Bay. The city is situated around Kings Bay, which is spring-fed so it keeps a constant 72 ☏ (22 ☌) temperature year round. Crystal River Preserve State Park is located nearby, and Crystal River Archaeological State Park is located in the city's northwest side.Ĭrystal River is at the heart of the Nature Coast of Florida. The city was incorporated in 1903 and is the self professed "Home of the Manatee".
Census estimates of 2018, the city had a population of 3,162. The population was 3,108 in the 2010 census. Life moves at an easy natural pace as people duck in and out of restaurants, shops and galleries exploring things as new as the latest line of bicycles to things as time honored as a real small town hardware store.Crystal River is a city in Citrus County, Florida, United States. The Withlacoochee State Trail, Florida’s longest paved recreation trail, sprinkles the town center with spandex-clad visitors enjoying a weekend cycling getaway. The new library next door to the museum is thoroughly up to date. The Floral City Heritage Museum and Country Store in the community’s old fire house preserve that history year round. Each year on the first weekend in December, the town turns back the clock to kick off the holiday season with “illuminations” and horse-drawn carriage rides during Floral City Heritage Days. Floral City was briefly larger than Miami during a phosphate mining boom in the late 1900s. Walk past the wrought iron fences and blooming azaleas and you are welcomed back to an earlier time. The period houses that line East Orange Avenue in Floral City still give the feel of a turn of the 20th Century community. It is all that is naturally beautiful in the Sunshine State with a majestic moss-draped tree canopy-The Avenue of the Oaks-dramatically signaling your arrival. Floral City is what Florida natives lovingly call “Old Florida”.
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